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CASE STUDIES FOR RIVERS (RIVER TEES (CONTEXT AND LOCATION (Source is at…

- - - - Cow Green Reservoir, 3km man made lake, supplies 300million litres of water to the Stockton/ Middlesbrough area everyday
      - High Force waterfall is composed of whinstone and limestone and is a tourist attraction
    - - Poor agricultural land due to the steepness, temperatures and high water table
  - - - The River Tees has one of the most impressive meanders (The Yarm Meander). The Yarm meander was used for defence purposes and is good for tourism
      - land is fertile
      - Transporting goods to several marketing towns
    - - limited settlement growth
  - - - Seal Sands is now a protected nature reserve and allow natural floodplains
      - natural silt levees form, which provides material for bricks
      - wide transport route
    - - badly polluted from oil refineries and aluminium smelters
      - natural silt levees can increase chances of flooding if it isn't regularly dredged
      - The cutting of several meanders downstream have increased Stocktons vulnerability to flooding